Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to make the final payment of the 20 year agreement with UNITAID.
Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We plan to make a £14 million contribution to Unitaid in December this year. We are proud of the UK's strong support of Unitaid for nearly 20 years and their groundbreaking achievements in promoting equitable access to life-saving health innovations. Unitaid remain a trusted and high-performing partner.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 269 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the spend of the Health Institutions and Health Security Department on the contribution to global health multilaterals.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The reduction in spend by the Health Institutions and Health Security Department between 2024/25 and 2025/26 is calculated by comparing Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in 2025/26 with ODA programme outturn in 2024/25. Some of the payments made in 2024/25, including key contributions to Gavi and WHO, had originally been planned for 2025/26 and were brought forward to 2024/25 to ease future budget pressures. The reduction in spend largely reflects this re-profiling. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will meet all multilateral commitments in 2025/26 and continues to prioritise high impact global health institutions through strategic, multi-year funding.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 269 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, how the reduction in the spend of the Health Institutions and Health Security Department was calculated.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The reduction in spend by the Health Institutions and Health Security Department between 2024/25 and 2025/26 is calculated by comparing Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in 2025/26 with ODA programme outturn in 2024/25. Some of the payments made in 2024/25, including key contributions to Gavi and WHO, had originally been planned for 2025/26 and were brought forward to 2024/25 to ease future budget pressures. The reduction in spend largely reflects this re-profiling. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will meet all multilateral commitments in 2025/26 and continues to prioritise high impact global health institutions through strategic, multi-year funding.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to use the UK’s role as a co-host of the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment to encourage contributions from international partners.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is working with South Africa and the Global Fund on a range of international engagements and events to help generate international support for the Replenishment. For example, Heads of Mission have recently hosted events in support of the Global Fund at our High Commission in Canberra, our Embassy in Addis Ababa and our High Commission in Pretoria, in addition to bilateral discussions in other key countries.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to have discussions with international partners at the 2025 G20 Summit on the UK and South Africa’s role as co-hosts of the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is working with South Africa and the Global Fund on a range of international engagements and events to help generate international support for the Replenishment. For example, Heads of Mission have recently hosted events in support of the Global Fund at our High Commission in Canberra, our Embassy in Addis Ababa and our High Commission in Pretoria, in addition to bilateral discussions in other key countries.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Heads of Mission are taking steps to generate support for the Global Fund’s 8th replenishment.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is proud to be co-hosting the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment with South Africa and looks forward to working with an expanded range of partners to help end AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for good.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is working with South Africa and the Global Fund on a range of international engagements and events to help generate international support for the Replenishment. For example, Heads of Mission have recently hosted events in support of the Global Fund at our High Commission in Canberra, our Embassy in Addis Ababa and our High Commission in Pretoria, in addition to bilateral discussions in other key countries.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 270 of his Department’s report entitled FCDO annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, whether the increase in spending on multilateral subscriptions to international organisations includes contributions to global health multilaterals.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
No, spending on global health multilaterals is captured within the health section of the report, alongside bilateral health programmes.
The UK is committed to our work on global health, including boosting global health security and investing in multilateral funds like Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Fund to fight disease and help save millions of lives.
From 2026 to 2030, the UK will invest £1.25 billion in support of Gavi's mission. This will support the immunisation of 62.5m children, saving around 1.25m lives.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2025 to Question 69165 on Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Finance, if he will publish a timeframe for an announcement on the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund’s 8th Replenishment.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK's pledge to the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment will be determined later in the year following the conclusion of the process to set multi-year Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding allocations.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to take a decision on the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund’s 8th replenishment.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK's pledge to the Global Fund's Eighth Replenishment will be determined later in the year following the conclusion of the process to set multi-year Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding allocations.
Asked by: Paul Davies (Labour - Colne Valley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide for global health programmes in each of the next three years.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) published 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts on 22 July 2025. The Department is working through how to programme this spend. The FCDO publishes programme information in DevTracker and reports on ODA spend in the Statistics on International Development publication.
Over the coming months, we will work through detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used from 2026/27 to 2028/29, informed by internal and external consultation and impact assessments, ahead of publishing indicative multi-year allocations in the autumn.
Reducing the overall size of our ODA budget will necessarily have an impact on the scale and shape of the work we do. We will sharpen our focus on humanitarian, health and climate and nature.
At the Gavi Summit on 25 June the Foreign Secretary announced an additional £1.25 billion investment in Gavi. This will support the immunisation of 62.5 million children, saving around 1.25 million lives.